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Hi, I have to say that I am aware of an NGO (heritage without borders) working in Kosovo but I don't think there are many/any digs going on. A Macedonian NGO has been trying to build communication with archaeologists in Kosovo but I believe it has come to naught. When I worked in Lebanon I was under the impression, from my wife who used to have dealings with UNIFIL out there, that on any peace keeping mission the UN pays the nation states contributing forces to any UN mission 1000 USD per month per soldier, the govts of that country then pay their soldiers their usual monthly salary. Or so I was told anyway. Reuben _____ From: Discussion list of Archaeologists for Global Justice [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sam Hardy Sent: 07 March 2007 3:55 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: chagossians Hi, Have archaeologists been doing a lot of work in Bosnia and Kosovo apart from the forensic investigations? I know the UN, NATO et al's international rates are far better than local wages (although I understand that even those vary, so, in the case of peacekeepers for example, Argentinian UN troops in Cyprus are poorer than British or whoever) - indeed so much so that they create huge resentment - but I'm not sure if archaeologists are on the gravy train. Physicians for Human Rights (http://www.un.org/icty/BL/08art1e.htm) say that: "Very little goes on salaries; PHR's forensic team in the former Yugoslavia works primarily on a voluntary basis. It is comprised primarily of experts in their field who have retired, requested a leave of absence from their full-time jobs or been seconded". I reckon they'd be glad to do non-forensic digs, if only because there aren't the same questions of security and they're not as difficult emotionally. Best, Sam On 07/03/07, Umberto Albarella <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Dear All, Has the story presented in the link below got anything to do with archaeology? < http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/6425675.stm > I am not sure, but I have a dream that one day a team of archaeologists will decide to dig in the Chagos islands in order to shed light on the past of the people who lived there and were eventually so ruthlessly evicted. The least we could do as a very partial compensation for their suffering is to show an interest in their heritage and culture. Of course funding will be difficult to get and access even more so. I wonder, however, whether those same archaeologists who have been digging in Iraq, Kosovo or Bosnia in the names of human rights - all places were funding tends to be lavishly available - will show an equal ethical interest in working in regions where there will be strong political interest to prevent research of any sort. Cheers, Umberto -- Umberto Albarella Department of Archaeology University of Sheffield Northgate House West Street Sheffield S1 4ET United Kingdom Telephone: (+) 44 (0) 114 22 22 943 Fax: (+) 44 (0) 114 27 22 563 http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/albarella.html For Archaeologists for Global Justice (AGJ) see: http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/global-justice.html "There is no way to peace. Peace IS the way". -- - - - Sam Hardy DPhil candidate University of Sussex Placing cultural rights: resolving conflicts over cultural heritage - querying cultures' rights and archaeologists' responsibilities http://human-rights-archaeology.blogspot.com